Yearly Archives: 2016

The Blossburg Municipal Authority
will be marking water curbs and valves
with blue flags, as well as sewer manholes
located along roads & in yards with green
flags during the months of
February and March.

Once completed, RCAP Solutions
through grant funding will map
Blossburg’s entire water and sewer systems
using satellite technology.

Please DO NOT pull the blue and green flags
out of the ground until the work is completed.

If you have questions, you may contact the
Borough Office at (570) 638-2452.

Items for pickup should be put out on Saturday or Sunday night, April 30 — May 1, 2016. All items must be out by Tuesday night, May 3, 2016. All spring cleanup items will be picked up by Friday, May 6, 2016.

If you do not place at curb or — if items for free pickup are mixed with weekly garbage, it will NOT be picked up.

Please remember to comply with the requirements. If any items are not picked up, you may telephone the Borough, with any questions.

The following list is what must be followed as the Borough must comply with rules at the landfill, also.

NO TIRES (new rules from state: only certain stickered vehicles allowed to take tires, this is not a Borough rule).

LIMIT of two (2) pickup truck loads of trash per household.

NO WOOD such as remodeling materials unless cut into short lengths and bundled so that ONE person may pick up. NO WHOLE BUILDINGS.

GRASS AND LEAVES: If you have leaves from yard cleanup, place the leaves and grass cuttings in a separate container — bags, etc. IF STONES, ROCKS, STICKS are mixed in with grass and leaves, they will not be picked up.

BRUSH MUST BE CUT OR BROKEN INTO SMALL PIECES WHICH MAY BE EASILY

METAL MUST BE SEPARATE.

Refrigerators, freezers, air-conditioning units will be billed at $5.00 each due to regulations at landfill.

If requirements are not met, free removal will not be available to you.Any questions? Please telephone the Borough Manager at 638-2452.

Everyone is invited to come to Island Park on May 7, 2016 to help cleanup the Island Park. Anyone and Everyone is asked to come lend a hand. Please bring your own garden tools – rake, shovel, gloves, etc. – which you may want to use during the day. Please rake debris into piles so it can be removed easily. Papers, etc. can be put in the garbage cans at Island Park. If there is bad weather on May 7, 2016 – the cleanup will be on May 14, 2016. Any questions, telephone the Blossburg Borough Office at 570-638-2452. This is great community activitiy. Thanks for your help!